AHMEDABAD l WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021 l Pages 12 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 2 l Issue No. 104 PM MODI INAUGURATES MAITRI SETU BETWEEN WILL REACH PARLIAMENT ON LAKHS OF INDIA AND BANGLADESH TO BOOST CONNECTIVITY TRACTORS TO SEEK REPEAL OF THE THREE AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE NEW FARM LAWS IF NEEDED: BKU’S TIKAIT OUR EDITIONS: JAIPUR, AHMEDABAD & LUCKNOW www.fi rstindia.co.in | www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia | instagram.com/thefi rstindia WHO’S WHO GET COVID JAB Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora took his fi rst shot of Covid-19 vaccine at BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda on Tuesday received his fi rst shot of the COVID-19 Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani was on Tuesday the Nirvachan Sadan along with Election Commissioners on Tuesday. P6 vaccine in Delhi. He was administered the jab by nurse Remya PC at Fortis in New Delhi. administered the fi rst dose of COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS in New Delhi. India summons SC dismisses PIL challenging EC’s Uttarakhand CM Rawat steps ambassador over UK debate decision of 8-phase Bengal polls down amid disquiet in state BJP on farm laws New Delhi: The Su- of India (CJI) Sharad lying slogan in the poll preme Court on Tues- Arvind Bobde and also run-up. Sharma stated New Delhi: India called day dismissed the PIL comprising Justices A S that the EC had said BJP legislature Dhan Singh THE STORM AGAINST TRIVENDRA in the British High filed by an advocate, Bopanna and V Ra- that the election in West party in state will Rawat appears to WAS BREWING SINCE LAST YEAR Commissioner today to Manohar Lal Sharma, masubramanian dis- Bengal will be held in meet today to be the frontrunner In December last year, when Nadda had visited express its disapproval challenging the Elec- missed the petition filed eight phases. The peti- Dehradun, RSS functionaries had conveyed that of the discussions on tion Commission of In- by petitioner-cum-law- tioner demanded a stay choose new leader for the top post the BJP can win the 2022 Assembly elections only farmers’ protest and dia’s (ECI) decision re- yer, Sharma. on the order of the EC. if it takes party workers along. Rawat’s govern- press freedom in the garding 8-phase West SC also dismissed the Sharma in his plea Dehradun: Ending said while addressing a ment has since come under the scanner following British parliament, call- Bengal Assembly polls. petition of Sharma, has said that the order days of speculation press conference. last month’s fl ood in Chamoli when it pushed to ing it “gross interfer- A three-judge bench who sought a CBI probe of the EC violated arti- amid disquiet within Accepting his resig- resume work on projects suspended by the apex ence” and “votebank of the Apex Court, into the alleged use of cle 14 and 21 of the Con- the ruling BJP in Utta- nation, the Governor court. Earlier, in October 2020, the High Court had politics”. This is the headed by Chief Justice ‘Jai Shri Ram’ as a ral- stitution. —ANI rakhand, Chief Minis- has asked Rawat to be ordered a CBI probe into allegations made by a first time the govern- ter Trivendra Singh the caretaker CM till a journalist in a video, accusing Rawat of allegedly ment of another nation Rawat on Tuesday sub- new candidate is select- getting money transferred to relatives in 2016 to has officially conducted mitted his resignation ed for the post. back the appointment of a person in Jharkhand. internal discussions on BEGGING NOT TO SHOOT CHILDREN to Governor Baby Rani Rawat’s resignation The Supreme Court had stayed the order. the protests, which have Maurya. comes a day after he been continuing for “I have submitted my met BJP national presi- FEEDBACK FROM MLAs OF BELOW more than 100 days. resignation as the chief dent JP Nadda in PAR PERFORMANCE COST HIM POST The 90-minute debate minister to the Gover- Delhi. Party was held on Monday, nor today. BJP legisla- sources said Trivendra Singh Rawat had several meetings in Delhi during which several with the BJP leadership, who reportedly received ture party meeting is that prior feedback from party MLAs in Uttarakhand that the Chief MPs of the Labour par- scheduled to be held at Turn to P6 Minister’s below par performance would cost the party ty, Liberal democrats 10 am tomorrow at the in polls due by February. The move to replace him a and the Scottish Nation- party office,” Rawat year before elections is unusual, given that it is often al Party raised concern seen as a vote of no-confi dence by the party in its own over the Indian govern- government. It is also a rare move by the BJP to replace ment’s reaction to the a Chief Minister for non-performance. Former Chief protests. Minister Harish Rawat of the Congress attacked the BJP, The UK government calling Mr Rawat’s removal an admission of failure. Even Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party, which is had responded that A nun went down on her knees in front of policemen in a northern Myanmar town and trying to register its presence in Uttarakhand said, concerns will be pleaded to stop shooting protesters agitating against last month’s coup. Video showed Sister “In four years the BJP did not do a single thing on raised with India Ann Rose Nu Tawng in a white robe kneeling on a street in the town of Myitkyina, speaking the basis of which it can seek votes. They are trying when both Prime Min- to two policemen who were also kneeling. “I said, I don’t want to see any trouble here and Trivendra Singh Rawat to hide their failures. isters meet in person.” can’t leave if police don’t leave,” she said. “I begged them not to shoot the children.” Turn to P6 SENSEX RALLIES 584 PTS, PRIVATE BANKS SHINE Did Guj lose 10 or 59 doctors to nCoV? Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 584 points on Tuesday track- House that the global ing gains in HDFC twins, ICICI Bank State govt admits to 10 deaths, COVID-19 pandemic and Kotak Bank amid positive cues had preyed on 10 doc- from global markets. The 30-share Indian Medical Association says tors in the line of duty BSE index ended 584.41 points or actual number stands at 59 between January 2020 1.16 per cent higher at 51,025.48, and February 2021. The and the broader NSE Nifty surged day mainly aided by favourable cues Gargi Raval claims made by the Dahod legislator had 142.20 points or 0.95 per cent to from global markets. Financials (ex- state, the Gujarat chap- queried about the num- 15,098.40. Kotak Bank was the top PSU banks) majorly supported the Gandhinagar: The ter of the Indian Medi- ber of doctors who had gainer in the Sensex pack, rising market’s rally on Tuesday. Barring government on Tues- cal Association (IMA) died of the virus while around 3 per cent, followed by HDFC Financials and IT, most of the key day informed the state has stated that around discharging their du- twins, ICICI Bank, Tech Mahindra, sectoral indices traded lower. Nota- legislative assembly 59 doctors have suc- ties in one year. Bajaj Finance, Asian Paints and TCS. bly, midcap and small cap indices that a total of 10 doctors cumbed to the virus in Patel further stated On the other hand, PowerGrid, ONGC, were down as investors opted to take had lost their lives from the line of duty from that as per provisions to NTPC and Dr Reddy’s were among profi t off the table after recent run-up COVID-19 infection January 2020 to Febru- be provided by the gov- the laggards. According to Binod in these spaces, he added. Elsewhere amid the pandemic in ary 2021. A doctor being administered the COVID-19 vaccine shot at a ernment, financial as- Modi, Head-Strategy at Reliance Se- in Asia, bourses in Hong Kong and the state. It also claimed Responding to a hospital in Ahmedabad. —FILE PHOTO sistance of Rs50 lakh curities, domestic equities extended Tokyo ended on a positive note, while to have provided aid of question posed by Con- each was provided to gains for the second consecutive Shanghai and Seoul were in the red. Rs50 lakh each to four gress legislator Vajes- Deputy Chief Minister holds the state’s health four doctors. doctors. Refuting the ing Panda of Dahod, Nitin Patel, who also portfolio, informed the Turn to P6 NEWS www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia AHMEDABAD | WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2021 02 GUJ GOVT ALLOCATED 371.71 CR TO CIVIC BODIES FOR COVID-19 While AMC received the highest amount, Junagadh was granted the lowest funds to combat the virus First India Bureau lative assembly ses- CoV-2. It is to be noted sion, Congress MLAs that the entire district Gandhinagar: The were informed of the of Jamnagar reported novel coronavirus nCoV fund allocation 10,629 cases, Bhavna- pandemic has affect- to local civic bodies in gar district had 6,107 ed the developmental the state. while Rajkot had over projects of all munic- The hometown civ- 23,399 cases. ipal corporations in ic body of Chief Min- Owing to a surge in the state as they have ister Vijay Rupani, COVID-19 cases, the not received adequate Rajkot Municipal Surat Municipal Cor- financial grant to Corporation (RMC) poration (SMC) had complete them from received Rs5.06 crore, demanded Rs250 the government.